I wanted to impress some friends with a recipe I had been making my whole life. It was my father's favorite cake - Brown Velvet Cake with Richmond Frosting. Simple enough cake - beat eggs, buttermilk and sugar, add dry ingredients and melted chocolate and butter. Pour into 9 x 13 pan and bake. The frosting is sugar, water, chocolate, cornstarch and butter. Boiled together and poured over cake. All went as I expected and I set off to my friend's house. When it came time to serve dessert, she brought out the cake, cut and on plates. I was met with a cake with a white layer and a brown layer. For some reason, the cake batter had separated and formed two distinct layers. It tasted okay but it surely was not what I had intended! I have made it since and it was just as I intended it to look. I still don't know what happened!

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